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FAIR HAVEN: SKEPTICISM OVER BANK PLAN
An architectural rendering of the bank, proposed for the former site of a Sunoco station.  (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD Like a customerContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SKEPTICISM OVER BANK PLAN"
FAIR HAVEN: BANK EYES SITE FOR DRIVE-THRU
After a four-year vacancy, the former site of a Sunoco station at River Road and Cedar Avenue in Fair Haven may be getting a new use: Investors Savings Bank hopes toContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: BANK EYES SITE FOR DRIVE-THRU"
RED BANK: WRAPS ARE OFF STATION PLACE
Black netting, right, that hid the Station Place apartments under construction on Monmouth Street in Red Bank for several months came down this week. Which is not to say theContinue reading "RED BANK: WRAPS ARE OFF STATION PLACE"
SEA BRIGHT: EX-MAYOR MAY GET FIRE STATION
Two fire trucks have been relocated out of town and another sits beneath a tent since the firehouse, in the background, was condemned. Former Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams, below. (Photo byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: EX-MAYOR MAY GET FIRE STATION"
RED BANK: HAMILTON CLOSING STORE
The Princeton-based jeweler has had its store at 19 Broad Street since 2003.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Hamilton Jewelers is closing its Red Bank store, the companyContinue reading "RED BANK: HAMILTON CLOSING STORE"
WEEKEND: THE SECRET WOID IS VARIETY
A first responder benefitting spring edition of Street Fair returns to Red Bank Sunday while, below, the one and only GROUCHO goes wild, in the person of Frank Ferrante, FridayContinue reading "WEEKEND: THE SECRET WOID IS VARIETY"
RETRO FASHION OUT, ASIAN EATERY PENDING
Backward Glances’ owner cited rising rents and diminishing cool as factors in her decision to leave Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After 28 years in RedContinue reading "RETRO FASHION OUT, ASIAN EATERY PENDING"
RED BANK: GRANDVILLE RENT HIKE WEIGHED
Grandville Towers neighbors look on as resident Mary Cook, below, questions PRC vice president Tom Arnone, left. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER The Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: GRANDVILLE RENT HIKE WEIGHED"
RED BANK: GRANDVILLE UPGRADES DETAILED
Tenants Sonia Walker, left, and Jennifer Lugo-Walker study the project plans for the 10-story apartment building, below. (Photo above by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER About 30Continue reading "RED BANK: GRANDVILLE UPGRADES DETAILED"
Winds tore off the roof liner at Grandville Towers during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, (Photo by Ken Kalada. Click to enlarge) By JOE FISHER Tenants of Red Bank’s GrandvilleContinue reading "GRANDVILLE SLATED FOR FIXES & RENT HIKES"
FAIR HAVEN SUNOCO CLOSES
The River Road station will be boarded up until Sunoco can find another tenant, says the departing gasoline dealer. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After 20 years, RichContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN SUNOCO CLOSES"
COLONY HOUSE RENT COMPLAINTS MOUNT
A plan to convert the Colony House failed, leading to a return to rentals, and new-tenant complaints about jacked-up rents. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Following a patternContinue reading "COLONY HOUSE RENT COMPLAINTS MOUNT"
RENT BOARD TABLES CPI DISCUSSION
Two tenants and two reporters turned out for Thursday night’s monthly meeting of the Red Bank rent board. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD No landlords appeared from theContinue reading "RENT BOARD TABLES CPI DISCUSSION"
IDINA MENZEL, MARVIN HAMLISCH AT BASIE
Superstar stage and screen diva Idina Menzel returns to Red Bank Thursday with no less than Marvin Hamlisch at the podium as guest conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.Continue reading "IDINA MENZEL, MARVIN HAMLISCH AT BASIE"
AT THE BASIE: THIS SPACE FOR ‘RENT’
Billy Piscopo rehearses “La Vie Boheme” in the Phoenix Productions staging of RENT, opening this weekend at the Count Basie Theatre. (Photos courtesy of Phoenix Productions) By TOM CHESEK It’sContinue reading "AT THE BASIE: THIS SPACE FOR ‘RENT’"
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...